Search results for

President Clinton today announced the closing of a two-block stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue next to the White House. The decision was taken to enhance security at the executive mansion. Danny opens the show from Pennsylvania avenue, describing what the new space looks like, and talking to people there to get their reaction.

BOSNIA: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS AND NPR'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT TOM GJELTEN AND, IN SARAJEVO, NPR'S ANDY BOWERS, ABOUT THE 200 UNITED NATIONS SOLDIERS BEING HELD, EITHER AS HOSTAGES OR HUMAN SHIELDS, BY SERB FORCES AGAINST FURTHER AIR-STRIKES BY NATO WARPLANES IN BOSNIA. THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING THERE, AND WHAT MEASURES ARE BEING TAKEN BY THE FRENCH CABINET, NATO, AND THE UNITED NATIONS IN RESPONSE TO THIS ACT.

DR. HENRY FOSTER, PRESIDENT CLINTON'S NOMINEE FOR SURGEON GENERAL, WAS APPROVED YESTERDAY BY THE SENATE LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE. NPR'S ELIZABETH ARNOLD REPORTS.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH FRANK BEACHEM, A WRITER WHO GREW UP IN HONEA (HUN-nee-uh) PATH, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE, IN SEPTEMBER OF 1934, STRIKING UNION COTTON MILL WORKERS GATHERED FOR A RALLY AT THE CHIQUOLA (sheh-KO-lah) MILL. A BLOODY CONFRONTATION RESULTED, 7 PEOPLE WERE KILLED, 17 WERE INJURED, AND THE STRIKE WAS BROKEN. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS TO MR. BEACHAM ABOUT A REVELATION THAT CONNECTS HIM TO THE SHOOTING AND ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY "THE UPRISING OF '34) BY GEORGE STONEY, JUDITH HELFAND AND SUSANNE ROSTOCK, WHICH WILL BE AIRED ON MONDAY FOR THE PEOPLE IN HONEA PATH AND ON PUBLIC TELEVISION'S DOCUMENTARY SERIES P.O.V. ON JUNE 27, 1995.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH NPR'S ANDY BOWERS IN SARAJEVO ABOUT U.N. EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THE HOSTAGE SITUATION AND THE SEARCH FOR THE AMERICAN PILOT OF AN F-16 SHOT DOWN OVER BOSNIA YESTERDAY.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH SUSAN WOODWARD, VISITING FELLOW AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION AND AUTHOR OF BALKAN TRAGEDY, PUBLISHED BY BROOKINGS INSTITUTION - 1995, AND WILLIAM HIGHLAND, FORMER DEPUTY ASSISTANT NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR AND CURRENTLY PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, ABOUT AMERICA'S POLITICAL AND MILITARY OPTIONS IN BOSNIA.

SCOTT SIMON VISITS A REHABILITATION HOSPITAL IN CHICAGO TO SPEAK WITH YOUNG MEN WHO HAVE BEEN PARALYZED BY THE KIND OF VIOLENCE THEY ONCE PERPETRATED. HE DISCOVERS THAT SOME GANG MEMBERS, LITERALLY STOPPED IN THEIR TRACKS BY BULLETS, FIND INSIGHT AND NEW POSSIBILITIES IN THEIR WHEELCHAIRS.

We were curious about all the programs the House Republicans proposed be cut from the federal budget, so we read from the list of nearly 300 programs, agencies and departments.

NPR's Mike O'Connor reports from Zagreb on this week's fighting in roatia. Croatian government forces took back some of the land they had lost to ebel Croatian Serbs 3 years ago. O'Connor talks with several Serbs who are now eing forcibly relocated.

On the eve of the 50th Anniversary of V-E Day, PR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow on the World War Two memories of former oviet soldier Yuri Nikulin (YUR-ee nih-KOO-lihn), and his wife, Tatiana tah-tee-AH-nah). After becoming a national war hero, Nikulin went on to achieve ame in Russia as a clown.